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Deputies: Woman became pregnant with twins after sexually abusing minor

Deputies: Woman became pregnant with twins after sexually abusing minor

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Updated: 8:00 PM EDT Oct 25, 2019

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STEWART: POLICE STARTED INVESTIGATING 40-YEAR-OLD SPRING TURNER BACK IN APRIL. WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ JOINS US LIVE. CLAIRE, WHY 6 MONTHS BEFORE AN ARREST? CLAIRE: DETECTIVES ONLY RECENTLY GOT FDLE DNA RESULTS CONFIRMING THAT THE SUSPECTS TWINS, BORN IN MARCH, ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE THEN UNDERAGE VICTIM. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, SUSPECT TURNER HAS BEEN ABUSING THE VICTIM FOR YEARS, BEGINNING WHEN HE WAS 15. >> ARE YOU SPRING TURNER? CLAIRE: SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES SAY THE UNDERAGE VICTIM WAS LIVING WITH SUSPECT SPRING TURNER IN A DELAND HOME AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED ABUSE, THOUGH THEY ARE NOT BLOOD RELATIVES. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE TEENAGER SAID IT STARTED JUST AFTER HE MOVED IN, THAT TURNER WOULD GET HIM HIGH OFF MARIJUANA AND SEXUALLY ABUSE HIM. THAT THE SEXUAL ABUSE WOULD HAPPEN AT NIGHT OR WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL. THE ALLEGED VICTIM SAYS IT HAPPENED OVER TO ME TIMES AND 82-THREE YEAR -- IN A 2-3 YEAR PERIOD, THE LAST TIME, IN JULY OF 2018 WHEN TURNER BECAME PREGNANT WITH HIS TWINS. TURNER’S COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY ARGUED THAT SHE SHOULD BE RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE SINCE SHE HAS NO PREVIOUS RECORD ACCORDING TO THE REPORT WHEN DETECTIVES ASKED TURNER IF SHE HAD SEX WITH THE UNDERAGE BOY, SHE SAID THEY TOLD , HER SHE HAD SEX WITH HIM ONE NIGHT SHE WAS DRUNK BUT DIDN’T REMEMBER. INVESTIGATORS WROTE THAT TURNER WENT ON TO SAY, SINCE SHE DID NOT REMEMBER HAVING SEX WITH THE ALLEGED THEM, -- VICTIM THAT , MEANS HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER. I DO FIND PROBABLE CAUSE FOR YOUR ARREST. CLAIRE: A JUDGE LEFT TURNER’S BOND AT $25,000 THE ALLEGED VICTIM NO LONGER LIVES IN THE DELAND HOME BUT IN SETTING THE BOND, THE JUDGE GAVE THIS WARNING. >> IT IS WITH THE CONDITION MS. TURNER IF YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT BOND YOU HAVE NO CONTACT WHATSOVER WITH THE VICTIM IN THE CASE

A Florida woman is accused of having sex with an underage boy and being impregnated by him.Spring Turner, 40, has been charged with sexual battery involving a minor.Sheriff's detectives said the underage victim was living with Turner in a DeLand home at the time of the alleged abuse, though they are not blood relatives.According to the report, the teenager said it started just after he moved in. The report said Turner would get him high off marijuana and sexually abuse him. He told officials the abuse would happen at night or when he came home from school.The alleged victim said it happened over 20 times in a two- to three-year period. Officials said the last time it happened was in July 2018, when Turner became pregnant with the teen's twins. Turner's court-appointed attorney argued that she should be released on her own recognizance since she has no previous record.According to the report, when detectives asked Turner if she had sex with the underage boy, she said "they" told her she had sex with him one night but she was drunk and didn't remember. Investigators wrote that Turner went on to say since she didn't remember having sex with the teen, that meant he took advantage of her. A judge left Turner's bond at $25,000. The victim no longer lives in the DeLand home, but in setting the bond, the judge warned Turner not to have any contact with the victim.

DELAND, Fla. —

A Florida woman is accused of having sex with an underage boy and being impregnated by him.

Spring Turner, 40, has been charged with sexual battery involving a minor.

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Sheriff's detectives said the underage victim was living with Turner in a DeLand home at the time of the alleged abuse, though they are not blood relatives.

According to the report, the teenager said it started just after he moved in. The report said Turner would get him high off marijuana and sexually abuse him. He told officials the abuse would happen at night or when he came home from school.

The alleged victim said it happened over 20 times in a two- to three-year period. Officials said the last time it happened was in July 2018, when Turner became pregnant with the teen's twins. Turner's court-appointed attorney argued that she should be released on her own recognizance since she has no previous record.

According to the report, when detectives asked Turner if she had sex with the underage boy, she said "they" told her she had sex with him one night but she was drunk and didn't remember.

Investigators wrote that Turner went on to say since she didn't remember having sex with the teen, that meant he took advantage of her.

A judge left Turner's bond at $25,000. The victim no longer lives in the DeLand home, but in setting the bond, the judge warned Turner not to have any contact with the victim.